Sidemen is raising funds for Sidemen: Long Road To Glory - Blues Music Documentary on Kickstarter! Sidemen: Long Road To Glory- Award Winning film about the lives of bluesmen Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. SIDEMEN - Long Road To Glory is an intimate look at the incredible lives and legacies of piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith and guitarist Hubert Sumlin, all Muddy. Sidemen. Sidemen: Long Road To Glory is an intimate look at the incredible lives and legacies of piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith and guitar. The music and legacies of Muddy Waters' sidemen Pinetop Perkins, Willie Smith and Hubert Sumlin, This week we talk to Scott Rosenbaum, the director of a documentary about three legendary blues musicians Sidemen: Long Road to Glory. The trio - Pineptop Perkins, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, and Hubert Sumlin - played with legendary blues singers Howlin Wolf and Muddy Waters and were instrumental in the birth of rock n' roll music. A kind of blues song in its own right, Sidemen: Long Road to Glory is an affectionate attempt to showcase three major figures in the development of Chicago blues. August 24, 2017 | Full Review. John Anderson. Sidemen: Long Road to Glory American Café May 22, 2018, Sidemen: Long Road To Glory - Kickstarter. SIDEMEN - LONG ROAD TO GLORY - Blues Music Store..